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DISPUTING ABOUT A PIER.

Two stalwart Brooklyn Bridge policemen, armed with clubs and fire axes, were stationed on Pier No. 29 East River last night with instructions to prevent any boat from getting a line fastened to the pier. There is a dispute between the Dock Department and the Bridge Trustees about the ownership of this pier. The former board on Wednesday last instructed Commissioner Coleman, of the Street Cleaning Department, to take possession of the pier and ...

September 12, 1885

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